Partner 2: Innova S.p. A. (INNOVA) Innova S.p.A is a private consulting company specialised in Technology Transfer and Valorisation services. Established in 1993 in Italy it has now branches in France, Luxembourg, Portugal, and in the U.S. (California). Innova assists industrial and research organisations in the implementation of their strategies for the exploitation of technologies and the valorisation of R&D results. Through its pool of 70 professional consultants and well developed network of international partners and world- class R&D Institutions, Xxxxxx has developed a strong commitment to technology transfer and exploitation, a continuous monitoring of needs and interests of different groups involved in the innovation process, an understanding of the past and persistent trends of technological, social and environmental changes and a growing responsibility in using knowledge and technology towards sustainable development. The core of Innova is the pool of professional technical experts who have developed a long standing and consolidated knowledge in collaborating with R&D centres (strong collaboration with Enea and CNR) and in the assessment and exploitation of advanced technologies. So far, over 50 international technology actions have been carried out by Xxxxxx Team, whose experience can be attributed to the involvement in several R&D European projects and technical activities conducted with highly qualified European Companies and Universities. Innova has consolidated expertise in Market Study, Scenario Planning and Stakeholders analyses and Exploitation Plan/Business Plans realisation. So far more than 40 market studies have been carried out for SMEs and large companies. Innova is engaged in implementing and improving the European Awareness Scenario Workshop Methodology (a methodology developed with the support of the EU Commission to build consensus approaches through scenario formulations) to assess the socio-economic and environmental impact of new technologies and to xxxxxx bottom-up approaches for ‘soft’ technology integration. Furthermore, Xxxxxx promotes the consultation of Italian and foreign stakeholders and opinion leaders raising awareness on socio-economic and environmental aspects among the social interest groups, industry and governments. Innova is also involved in rendering services connected with a number of programmes of the European Commission (Growth, Quality of Life, EESD, IST, Innovation, Joule and Thermie) relating to industrial technologies, mater...
